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Hong Kong Hong Kong’s Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry since July 2022, Professor Dong SUN is a pioneer in robotic manipulation of biological cells and robot control, whose research has led to breakthroughs in the use of robotics combined with various micro-engineering tools. Now with responsibility for developing Hong Kong into…

Hong Kong Former chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Leung Chun-ying (CY Leung) discusses recent science and technology initiatives like the new Hong Kong University of Science and Technology campus in Guangzhou and the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park, which is set to further foster cooperation between…

Hong Kong In 2022, the biotech sector felt the impact of the challenges facing global capital markets and Hong Kong was no exception. Last year, only eight biotech companies listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEX), raising an aggregate of USD 473 million. Nonetheless, Hong Kong continues to serve…

Hong Kong After a record year of new biotech listings in 2021, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) has seen a significant drop-off in the first eight months of 2022. The exchange went from 20 new listings last year to only four this year, with just three full months of 2022 remaining…

Hong Kong Having consolidated its position as Asia’s largest biotech fundraising hub – and the world’s second largest – the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) listed a total of 34 biotech and healthcare companies in 2021. “[Last year’s listings] made us rank first by number of deals and second by the amount…

Hong Kong Despite a “turbulent macro backdrop,” the strong momentum in Hong Kong’s IPO market has continued in the third quarter of 2021, driven to a large extent by new biotech listings.   “Biotechnology is today the fastest-growing IPO market segment,” says Nicolas Aguzin, CEO of HKEX, one of the world’s major…

China The latest news from Chinese pharma and biotech, including news that state-owned Sinopharm is now developing its own mRNA vaccine; an update on Hong Kong’s biotech investment ecosystem three year on from allowing pre-revenue biotechs to list on HKEX; and another big global investment from Swiss CDMO Lonza, this time…

Hong Kong Three years after the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) introduced reforms to allow and support the listing of pre-profit biotech companies, it has become Asia’s largest, and the world’s second-largest, biotech fundraising hub.   According to HKEX, the exchange is home to companies seeking international exposure, proximity to China and…

Hong Kong With three years having passed since the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX)’s decision to allow pre-revenue biotechs to IPO, we look back at a stellar 2020 for the Exchange and what the recent appointment of a new CEO – the first foreign appointment in its history – means for the…

China The latest news from Chinese pharma, including an overhaul of the country’s patent law; a BioNTech-Fosun tie-up on COVID-19 vaccines; and big R&D subsidies for local companies available in Shanghai.   How Hong Kong can cement its position as a biotech listing hub (SCMP) https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3134767/how-hong-kong-can-cement-its-position-biotech-listing-hub To maintain its growth and…

Asia-Pacific Andrew Hexter, VP and GM of Gilead Asia 5 (Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Malaysia), shares the highlights of his past three years leading the diverse region, the significance of Asian markets being the first to approve remdesivir as a COVID-19 treatment, and the importance of public-private partnerships…

Hong Kong It has been just over two years since the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) revised its listing rules to allow pre-revenue biotechs to IPO as long as they met certain criteria. In May 2020, during the first in a series of webinars organized by the HKEX to celebrate the second…